Muru Walters

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The Right Reverend

Muru Walters
Te Pīhopa o Te Upoko o Te Ika
Walters in 2012
ProvinceAnglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
DioceseTe Pīhopatanga o Te Upoko o Te Ika
Installed7 March 1992
Term ended2018
PredecessorNew diocese
SuccessorWai Quayle
Personal details
Born(1935-01-16)16 January 1935
Kaitaia, New Zealand
Died14 February 2024(2024-02-14) (aged 89)
Mangawhai, New Zealand
DenominationAnglicanism
Alma mater
Rugby union career
Position Fullback
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1955–1963 North Auckland
1965 Poverty Bay 6 (31)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1956–1963 New Zealand Māori (211)

Muru Walters (16 January 1935 – 14 February 2024) was a New Zealand author, master carver, broadcaster, artist, rugby union player and Māori Anglican bishop.[1] He was the first Pīhopa (bishop) of Te Pīhopatanga o Te Upoko o Te Ika from his consecration on 7 March 1992 until his retirement in 2018.[2]

Biography

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Muru Walters was born in Kaitaia.[3] He affiliated to the Te Rarawa and Te Aupōuri iwi.[1] A talented rugby player, Walters represented New Zealand Māori, and won the Tom French Cup for the Māori rugby union player of the year in 1957.[4] He studied at Auckland Teachers' College. After working in arts and crafts education in schools, he became a lecturer in art at Dunedin Teachers' College. In 1980, Walters completed a master's degree on Māori archaeology at the University of Otago.[5] He was later a lecturer in Māori Studies at St John's Theological College in Auckland.[3] In October 2020, Walters was made a Life Fellow of Selwyn College Dunedin.[6]

Walters died at his home in Mangawhai on 14 February 2024, at the age of 89.[7][8]

References

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